John Pendleton King

John Pendleton King (3 April 1799-19 March 1888) was a US Senator from Georgia (D) from 21 November 1833 to 1 November 1837 (succeeding George Troup and preceding Wilson Lumpkin).

Biography
John Pendleton King was born in Glasgow, Kentucky in 1799, and he moved to Augusta, Georgia in 1815. He was admitted to the bar in 1819, and he attended the 1830 and 1833 state constitutional conventions. In 1833, he was appointed to the US Senate to fill George Troup's vacancy, serving until his own resignation in 1837. From 1841 to 1878, he served as president of the Georgia Railroad and Banking Company, and he died in 1888.